Phonak Launches Next Generation of Naída Power Hearing Aids
Industry Insider | June 2016 Hearing Review By Simone Ebbing and Hans Mulder People with profound hearing loss can now experience certain sounds that, until now, they’ve never heard before, says...
View ArticleWidex Publishes Supplement on Effortless Hearing, New BEYOND Technology
A special supplement in the January edition The Hearing Review, titled Going BEYOND – A Testament of Progressive Innovation, explains why Effortless Hearing is important, describes hearing aid elements...
View ArticleConnecting Smart Hearing Aids to the Internet via IFTTT
TECH TOPIC | February 2017 Hearing Review By Douglas L. Beck AuD, Thomas Nelson, MBA, and Michael Porsbo Connectivity through the new Oticon Opn hearing aid and “If This Then That” (IFTTT) network...
View ArticlePhonak Audéo B-R Rechargeable Aid Recognized with 2017 iF DESIGN AWARD
The Phonak Audéo™ B-R rechargeable hearing aid has been recognized for outstanding product design with the iF DESIGN AWARD, one of the most prestigious design competitions in the world. According to...
View ArticleMulti-center Evidence of Reduced Listening Effort Using New Hearing Aid...
Tech Topic | February 2017 Hearing Review By Veronika Littmann, PhD; Yu-Hsiang Wu, PhD; Matthias Froehlich, PhD, and Thomas Powers, PhD A review of clinical studies from three leading hearing aid...
View ArticleGoing BEYOND: A Testament of Progressive Innovation
Supplement | January 2017 Hearing Review The science, research, and technology behind Effortless Hearing By Francis Kuk, PhD As we learn more about aging, cognition, and the importance of hearing, it...
View ArticlePhonak Launches Virto B-Titanium IIC and Bolero B-PR Rechargeable BTE Hearing...
Phonak Bolero B-PR BTE. Phonak, Staefa, Switzerland, has launched its Belong platform to the Bolero family of BTE hearing aids, including the anticipated lithium-ion rechargeable Bolero B-PR and the...
View ArticlePhonak Launches 2nd Generation TargetMatch with Target 5.1 Software
Phonak, Staefa, Switzerland, has announced the second generation of TargetMatch with corresponding software, Phonak Target 5.1. This enhanced functionality is said to demonstrate more accuracy and...
View ArticleSennheiser Launches Flex 5000 Digital Wireless Audio System
Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co KG, a Germany-based audio company that manufactures high-fidelity products, announced the Flex 5000, a digital wireless audio system for headphones that intensifies...
View ArticleComparison of Real-world Bandwidth in Hearing Aids vs Earlens Light-driven...
Tech Topic | March 2017 Hearing Review By Christopher J. Struck, BSEE, and Lindsay Prusick, AuD This study compares the effective bandwidth and maximum gain before feedback of the Earlens device—a...
View ArticleCompression Speed and Cognition: A Variable Speed Compressor for All
Tech Topic | March 2017 Hearing Review By Francis Kuk, PhD, and Ole Hau, MSc In the past 15 years, research has suggested that people with hearing loss might benefit from either fast or slow...
View ArticleResearchers Develop High-Precision Surgical Robot to Perform Cochlear...
A team of surgeons and engineers at Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern (Switzerland), have developed a high-precision...
View ArticleSignia Launches Pure 13 BT Primax Hearing Aid with HD Binaural and Direct...
Signia, Piscataway, NJ, has announced the release of the new Pure 13 BT primax, reportedly the world’s first hearing aid with both HD binaural and direct streaming. According to the company, the...
View ArticleWidex Launches Android and iPhone App for BEYOND
In December, hearing care practitioners around the world received the release of the WIDEX BEYOND made-for-iPhone hearing aid, which reportedly enables hearing aid wearers to enjoy its clean sound and...
View ArticleResearchers Developing App to Help Cochlear Implanted Children Learn to Talk
A research team at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia is working to develop an app called GetTalking, to help children with cochlear implants learn to talk, according to an article in The...
View Article‘The New Yorker’ Article Explores New Technology in Hearing Aid Market
David Owen, a well-known staff writer for The New Yorker, investigated some of the newest innovations in hearing aid technology to help treat his own hearing loss and tinnitus in an April 3 article in...
View ArticlePhonak Launches New E-Learning Platform for Hearing Care Professionals
Hearing care professionals can now deepen their audiology knowledge through the new e-learning platform from Phonak, Warrenville, Ill, the company announced. The manufacturer of hearing instruments and...
View ArticleSensaphonics Announces ‘New Product Release’ on April 1
Sensaphonics, a company that designs and manufactures custom-fitted earphones and electronics designed to achieve safe, high-resolution audio for professional musicians and sound engineers, announced...
View ArticleNew Methods Being Developed for Predicting Speech Intelligibility in Noise
Hearing aids are meant to transmit speech intelligibly—even if it is loud in the environment. Researchers based in Bochum, Germany, have gained new insights to support the development of better...
View ArticleUnitron Launches Tempus Platform in European Market
As many as 175 customers and delegates from across Europe gathered March 31 in London for Unitron’s European launch of Tempus, Unitron’s newest platform. Guided by Unitron global executives and leading...
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